The Grass IS Greener...(Some philosophical musings...)
Seriously...look at this! You know the old saying: "The grass is always greener on the other side." And, of course, it warns us away from assuming "the other side" has it better or life is perfect "over there". And yet don't we in the West live our lives exactly by that credo? I will learn hard to get into a good college where I will study hard to land a good job from which I will hopefully not be fired for about 30-35 years so that I can save hard for a well deserved retirement. Cue reality. The debt you incurred in college plagued your ability to get ahead of the curve before you had children whose rearing was a cost you didn't really calculate and so on and so forth. I'm probably preaching to the choir here. Does everything that matters happen after retirement? It really is greener and bluer and brighter... My mom is a baby boomer and is currently enjoying retirement according to that same ole plan. My husband and I are just